There Are Now Over 2,000 Free Live Channels For Cord Cutters From Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery

Today in Cord Cutting Today for June 24, 2024 we take a look at some of the biggest stories in the world of cord cutting including: There Are Now Over 2,000 Free Live Channels For Cord Cutters From Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery
There Are Now More Than 2,000 Free Live Channels on Services Like Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, and Tubi in the United States cordcuttersnews.com/there-are...
What is The Future of MTV & FX? Hulu & Paramount+ May Just Kill Them cordcuttersnews.com/what-is-t...
MeTV is Expanding Its Free OTA TV Footprint cordcuttersnews.com/metv-is-e...
5 Men Are Facing Up to 48 Years in Prison For Running an Illegal Pirate Streaming Service That Made Millions cordcuttersnews.com/5-men-are...
T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet Customers Are Happier Than Comcast or Spectrum Custom cordcuttersnews.com/t-mobiles...
Redbox Fails to Pay $4 Million to NBCUniversal As It Fires Its Board cordcuttersnews.com/redbox-fa...
The New Live TV Streaming Service Venu Sports Will Include Multi-View, DVR, & More cordcuttersnews.com/the-new-l...
Walmart+ Subscribers Can Now Get Paramount+ with Showtime Upgrade For Free for 6 Months cordcuttersnews.com/walmart-s...
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There Are Now More Than 2,000 Free Live Channels on Services Like Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, and Tubi in the United States cordcuttersnews.com/there-are-now-more-than-2000-free-live-channels-on-services-like-pluto-tv-the-roku-channel-and-tubi-in-the-united-states/ What is The Future of MTV & FX? Hulu & Paramount+ May Just Kill Them cordcuttersnews.com/what-is-the-future-of-mtv-fx-hulu-paramount-may-just-kill-them/ MeTV is Expanding Its Free OTA TV Footprint cordcuttersnews.com/metv-is-expanding-its-free-ota-tv-footprint/ 5 Men Are Facing Up to 48 Years in Prison For Running an Illegal Pirate Streaming Service That Made Millions cordcuttersnews.com/5-men-are-facing-up-to-48-years-in-prison-for-running-an-illegal-pirate-streaming-service-that-made-millions/ T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet Customers Are Happier Than Comcast or Spectrum Custom cordcuttersnews.com/t-mobiles-5g-home-internet-customers-are-happier-than-comcast-or-spectrum-customers/ Redbox Fails to Pay $4 Million to NBCUniversal As It Fires Its Board cordcuttersnews.com/redbox-fails-to-pay-4-million-to-nbcuniversal-as-it-fires-its-board/ The New Live TV Streaming Service Venu Sports Will Include Multi-View, DVR, & More cordcuttersnews.com/the-new-live-tv-streaming-service-venu-sports-will-include-multi-view-dvr-more/ Walmart+ Subscribers Can Now Get Paramount+ with Showtime Upgrade For Free for 6 Months cordcuttersnews.com/walmart-subscribers-can-now-get-paramount-with-showtime-upgrade-for-free-for-6-months/

[@advlandvideo]

Right now, all I have is free services. I will pick up a paid service as needed to binge content, Then I return to my free services. My frequent picks are Tubi and Roku Channel.

[@roberthansen2008]

I'm a MeTV junkie. You know I'm a 50 something dude. I like MeTV and I'm excited about tomorrow and me TV tunes rolls out. I'll be watching that like crazy I'm sure.

[@totemynote68W]

Oh man, I so hope MeTV Toons is going to be broadcast where I can see it with an antenna, in southern Oregon right near the northern California border. I am kinda in nowhere area I get 33 channels with crappy little I got at Goodwill for a pair of quarters and one is MeTV. I will enjoy classic cartoons more than I what they show now.

[@STB-jh7od]

I've been a T-Mobil 5G internet customer for 3 years now, and I love it. The customer service for both this and my phone has been some of the best I've ever gotten.

[@nrnoble]

I bought my first Tivo in 1999 and ever since I prefer no commercials or the ability to skip them. I even watch live sports on 10-20 minute delay so I can skip commercials. I pay for YT premium, MAX, Netflix and couple others just to avoid watching commercials. I don't mind commercials if I can skip them, sometimes commercials are OK if they are promoting a product I am interested in or simply entertaining.

[@shackdaddy7106]

It’s funny people that are pirating television are getting 48 years in prison. And murderers who take human life get 20 years. Where are the priorities?

[@chanscott8968]

My thoughts exactly

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Interesting but tragic! Tells you all about peoples’ priorities!

[@chucklou7216]

A Hillary runs free!😤

[@damiancoughlan]

I love Me TV and look forward to Me TV Toons. Hopefully, it will show up via antenna tomorrow here in the Detroit area.

[@nrnoble]

One reason I think METV is popular is because a majority of the content is rescanned (cleaned up) for HDTV, thus looks better today than when it was first aired. Other OTA networks offer much poor quality, IMO often looks as bad as watching old VHS, much worse than the orginal NTSC broadcasts. They should at least be NTSC quality (480i).

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Agreed but having used an OTA antenna with a HDHomeRun box for a couple months now - I kind of like watching content that's lower resolution (not lower quality - i.e. pixelated) - there's something about watching stuff I grew up watching in 4:3 format and in a somewhat imperfect way - call it quaint or charming. Now that said, watching 4k content on a large screen that's capable of that with a great audio system is pretty boss too.

[@leonnewhall7088]

The reason they're going after these guys is a proof that it could be done at a lower cost and telling you they're not profitable

[@attackdaddy]

The reason pirates can offer lower prices is because the content is STOLEN! They didn’t pay the licensing and rebroadcast fees that the legal services have to pay to distribute the content.

[@annawarner5483]

I like MeTV. Watch it often.

[@DerekEvans1013]

I wish Paramount+ would have 24/7 ad free streaming music video channels like old school MTV

[@JasonRaymondWatson]

They do on Pluto TV I believe

[@DerekEvans1013]

@@JasonRaymondWatson I'll have to check that out

[@totemynote68W]

Doesn't Peacock have free stuff too?

[@DerekEvans1013]

@@totemynote68W I don't believe so

[@JimBailey]

Thank you Cord Cutters News.

[@ronniecrowder6920]

Yes I'm a big fan of me TV, one of the reasons I get friendly TV because of me TV, my favorites are Me-TV, catchy comedy, Me-TV +, and their heroes channel, even watch some other story TV too

[@rtpman1953]

I understand and it makes sense for networks to move their content to their streaming service. After all, this is where viewers are migrating to.

[@laurasellers4597]

I’d rather choose what I want to see and at what time. I’m so glad for streaming cause there’s not much to watch anyway and I like the old shows and I can watch them all the time, cable is over in my book!

[@RJDA.Dakota]

In my area MeTV was on a -2 channel and on a larger one. It moved off to a low powered channel on a -2 channel again. Within a year it bought that channel and turned their own channel on the -1 channel and increased power and is positioned to be increasingly popular. MeTV in St. Louis has evolved big time.

[@erskinespell6670]

I dont pay for any! streaming services. It has become a never ending saga dealing with watching TV. I get 52 channels off of my outside TV antenna and am very happy when I get no bill at the end of the month.

[@CisopSixpence]

I do not pay for any LIVE content. When I watch live content is is via OTA services broadcasting in my area. Mainly because I'd rather watch when I want to watch, rather than have a TV schedule dictate my schedule.

[@joelsheebs728]

So OTA doesn't use a guide?

[@richpearce3814]

I pay for one service; Frndly and I pay for it annually which saves 15%.

[@roberthansen2008]

Yeah I've been a T-Mobile 5G home internet customer coming up on 3 years. They were very nice about it. It wasn't even complicated. They got the things set up for me. Told me how to set the Wi-Fi password and even wrote it down for me. I took it home just like that guy but I did it myself but they said it have only take me about 10 minutes to set it up and they were right. I like it so much I got it for a friend of mine and she's had a good experience with it except couple times we had to get a new router modem thing because she's had some issues but beyond that you don't have to pay an arm and a leg to have T-Mobile home internet.

[@youcandoit1931]

It would be great if more over the air secondary channels would offer their services to free streaming platforms. MeTV, Cozi, H&N, StartTV, etc.

[@DG-sn2js]

1.Paramont+ with Showtime 2.Peacock 3.Disney ($2.99 per month) 4.Hulu (0.99 cent per month)

[@VinE83656]

I love MeTV. I’m in my 60s and I love the old sitcoms and programs. It’s a nice warm fuzzy feeling watching old stuff which bring back memories and great stress relievers. While there are still new good quality programs being made today a lot of it is too preachy and less entertaining.

[@danbroome4776]

I would pay for GRIT, INSP, MeTV and TCM streaming

[@kenyattaclay7666]

I have to dispute that number of 2k free channels because most of them are repeat channels. For example things like Price is Right can be found on almost all of the free streaming apps as can almost anything from Film RIse. Now I haven't sat down to count every single channel but if I had to guess the actual number is probably less than 10% of that number which is still a lot of free channels but nowhere near that 2k number.

[@GreyEagleTech]

There are repeat channels on services for sure, but every service has some channels that other services don't have. The number of channels grows monthly with just under 100 new channels available in the last 8 months.. I have an app that curates all these channels into one interface, so trust me when I say this. These channels absolutely all exist in the numbers that are claimed

[@kenyattaclay7666]

@@GreyEagleTech Where's the data for this? I'm sorry but you just saying turst me isn't convincing. I can go on Pluto, Tubi, Freevee and Roku right now and find 27/7 channels of Price is Right (both the Bob Barker and regular), Cold Case Files, First 48 and Match Game and that's just off the top of my head because there are about 50 or so that I've seen on every single platform just scrolling through looking for something to watch. I am will to admit if I'm wrong but I need to see the data because the Film Rise catalog alone accounts for around 25 to 30% (if not significantly more) of all these 24/7 channels and they sell to everyone.

[@wingman-1977]

48 yrs? I know people who’ve taken out entire zip codes who’ve gotten less time.

[@liseohplease]

If you could it would be great if you can include some info in the Canadian streaming market. I have a Roku TV and don’t seem to get many of the new free channels

[@donreed1133]

Question for Luke: I hear MeTV being discussed on your channel lately. I wonder if it is gaining popularity because people are tired of the Hollywood types telling us what we should think and trying to reshape our moral values? Where MeTV offers older content that didn’t seem to promote political and social agendas.

[@TheRealdealbay]

Grand rising everyone ✨️

[@n1kkri]

more T-Mobile 5G services are needed to compete with cable companies internet. Cable push hard to have you buy much faster speeds than you need. I just hooked up a summer home with 100M download speed and so far I can't tell any difference for surfing, reading mail, and streaming. Unless you have a half dozen users all streaming at the same time you won't notice the difference

[@lindatuttle9188]

Philo, Peacock & Hulu are my pay services. I will pay for Netflix or Max to binge the shows in those services.

[@donreed1133]

We are watching mostly Free Add Supported options now. We do pay for Peacock and Paramount+ for live sports content.

[@kraigbailey]

MAX, Netflix ads, Paramount+ SHO, KZbin Prem, TV+, Prime ads, Peacock, Hulu Di$ney+ ads, antenna.

[@DG-nn9uh]

I'm an FX Channel fan.. ive enjoyed several TV series-shows on the channel over the years.. losing it would be a bummer, but wouldn't plex me into subscribing to Hulu.. Hulu itself has had several movies and series-shows that interested me, and I have yet to pull the trigger..

[@PatrikC325]

Right now its 3 or 4 services. I have Sling, Max and Prime today. i rotate Max and Netflix.

[@zoefaith120]

Questions, at my house I get all my locals. I get me tv toons but I don't get all the channel. Subnet of the channel besides up grading antenna set up.? I tryed to keep scanning . If you have any ideas ?

[@danielparrish5438]

we have the Disney/Hulu bundle for $9.99 a month and have canceled all the rest

[@1cosmocat]

Unfortunately now the channels we had with no ads want more money for same service or you get ads. With more competitors out there folks are choosing different channels so now ads,ads,ads. We went with streaming to get away from cable and cable channel ads.

[@MFTAQ]

T-Mobile home internet sucks in my area, went thru to many gateways, had way to drops outs and I lived half a mile away from the tower.

[@totemynote68W]

I figured it sucked, those wireless connections are never like fiber or even p,ain old coaxial.

[@eltigre5469]

Too each their own. I figured it wouldn’t work where I live but it does and saved me around $650 a year and got rid of spectrum in the process. A triple win.

[@MFTAQ]

@@eltigre5469 glad it works for you that's awesome I do have their phone service and have been happy with it just not their home internet.

[@totemynote68W]

@@eltigre5469 But it is so randomly hit and miss. I attended a VA residential program in Southern Oregon recently and we were houses in two man rooms of which there a couple of dozen. Several people had the same equipment and signal was the same as t-mobile has from a start up here. In one it'd be good to go. In a room right next that room it'd suck big donkey dicks. It was wild inconsistent from room to room. I've heard people say the same about Starlink. I'm old fashion I guess, I like to be wired from the source, preferably fiber but coaxial will do. And then I like ethernet cabling in my home. I'll often use a ethernet to USB adapter for power and internet connection on my mobile devices. 6GHz (just yesterday I read about 7GHz being the newer-new standard now) and WPA3 security is an improvement over 2.4 and 5 GHZ but a wired with fiber or ethernet is still more secure, stable and speedy.

[@Airboss56]

I love my T-Mobile 5G. Very easy to install and salesman very helpful.

[@JamesSmith-ul7vf]

Thank you we need some movies channels it is nothing on the weekend . I like the move from me tv

[@mdetherow]

Love METV but would love a change in the programming. WE have had the same schedule for the last two years or so. Shake it up and rotate some of the other shows back on the schedule like Rhoda , Maude etc.

[@aliimaui23]

I actually pay for cable still my father doesn’t do demand or stream. He’s old school! 😂 Disney + comes with my cell service co and I pay for Netflix and prime

[@Busdathead]

I don't pay for anything anymore except for Amazon prime I watch everything through that and fire stick and all the freebies I like Pluto

[@paulwoodruff6323]

I have prime, Netflix, philo, max and I also have Hulu paramount and peacock and I got all 3 with a Christmas special price for a year. and I use the Roku channel a lot.

[@reach4thestars67]

I think networks should release new content on all their revenue sources at the same time. Some people only watch cable, some only streaming and people like me Over the air TV antenna and network apps. Sometimes the weather prevents me from picking up my shows over the air and I go to network app to see it later.

[@MrDonCoyote]

Hey guys! Will you be parked in front of the TV with your kids tomorrow on the launch of the world's greatest TV channel? This is the first time I'm actually excited about a new channel TV channel.

[@TommyGator92]

I pay for prime and paramount plus but mainly watch pluto tv and tubi.

[@Richardclarkson7819]

to me, Ad supported channels will have alot of ads which 99% are of no value to me. I don't like to see alot of ads. There are some i follow on youtube and usually i have to see at least 5 ads on each one i see. I'll keep my cable for now anyway. It has just what i want to see and if i had to go to live streaming services it would cost me more than cable. i have kids and they are of different ages. i would have to add services to suit them as well as wife and i. Streaming services are probably fine for single people or maybe a married couple.

[@dwildstar23]

I use fiber, and dang its fast.1 gig up and down

[@bmerritt7092]

I pay for 1 live TV KZbin TV and I'm getting ready to cancel because they're too expensive

[@Blackdog57]

Any word on when Disney + Hulu and Max will merge into one service? 🤔

[@sffan42]

I have T-mobile and i am happier than when i had Comcast

[@JohnnyLouis1145]

Will MeTVtoons be available on Roku tomorrow?

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Hey Luke Question: I used to have access to Showtime Anytime (streaming app) through subscribing to Showtime with KZbin TV - now that Showtime has discontinued the app is there a way to watch that content with my KZbin TV subscription or will I have to search for Showtime content via the KZbin TV or KZbin Premium app (which I also subscribe to). I think I can get most of the content but it just appears in multiple places and isn't neat and tidy - thoughts?

[@CordCuttersNews]

The showtime app has been shutdown. You need to access the content in KZbin TV now.

[@annetteflynn8453]

I love metv

[@Kevdog1920]

i wish me tv toons will be on tubi or pluto tv

[@BobCorcilius40]

I pay for 3 streaming services without counting Spotify

[@armstrmb]

I do not pay for any streaming services. I watch Pluto, Freevee, Plex, and a hand full of other services (like The CW, Tubi, Fawsome -- in that order).

[@armstrmb]

Additionally, I have about 154 channels I can access through an antenna.

[@ThraxMan84]

I'm to the point where I'm probably gonna ditch all paid streaming services. I'm tired of the price hikes.

[@BenDMitchell]

LUKE--How did you decide which streamer to use as your background?

[@thomaseyancey280]

Hey Luke here's something you didn't know I think Disney plus be playing some of their shows on ABC like only murders in the building season 1 on ABC an Android appeared on ABC also Black Panther and other shows from Disney plus appeared on ABC so Disney is giving the ones with the free on the are ABC channels a chance to check out stuff from the Disney Plus which I think that's a good idea

[@CordCuttersNews]

I can't replicate that. It does look like you're now able to sign into your Disney Plus account there and access some content that way. Maybe that's what's happening? Are you a Disney plus subscriber?

[@chanscott8968]

Don't care how popular any free streaming service is i don't do ads yes i have Freevee and Tubi on my fire stick i don't use them

[@RandyScribner]

1 Peacock

[@Upracefan]

Unless you live next to a 5g tower, the speeds are nowhere near cable, the biggest problem with it being latency, again not even close to cable. We just got Verizon 5g home service in our area, I tried it, I live 1 mile from the tower, could only get 1 bar steady signal once in a while it would get 2 bars, speeds were 200-250mb download/10-15mb upload and latency of around 100ms, compared to our cable service at 500mb/20 with 20-30ms latency, for around the same price. Now my phone or tablet when right next to the tower, I get upwards of 750mb download/100mb upload and still close to 100ms latency.

[@myrany8407]

I personally could live without paid services entirely. We pay for ONE because the hubby can't live without his sports.

[@rkmklz7562]

Let Cable Die... been off cable for seven years... don't miss it at all 😊

[@PC4USE1]

Owe mah dee uh,Luke. Glad to give you a little info after all the great info you provide us. MTV needs to just die,since it no longer is Music TV. CBS killed the video star.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Agreed 100%! I’ve always wondered about that too.

[@buffydog21]

I would rather watch free ad supported streaming TV, then pay TV.

[@tinybubbles263]

I wish youtubetv would have pay Ala carte

[@lap456]

Cord cutting is starting to become just an messly as Cable TV. An qustion for luke. IonTV and Antenna Man has being repoting about ATSC 3.0 and it's DRM iusse for an wile now. So what's your 2 cents on over the air DRM?

[@johnpinner1]

Only 1

[@juanjalar3234]

We have 3 paid services.

[@Bonjour-World]

That is NOT "cord cutting". That is "cord swapping".

[@billybarnett2846]

The only reason they got convicted is that they charged a fee. Most sites are free.

[@MsGail61]

I’m more of a fan of Catchy Comedy than MeTV.

[@harlandingessjr952]

Also a point i didnt make, If your not a gamer,and dont need extreme ping times,you will be fine for inlimited data at LESS than half the cost. just sayn!

[@bigtye37]

Spectrum have a never charged me to come out to service any of my equipment at all in the times I have called customer service they was real pleasant to me and gave me credit on a bill

[@captainmarbles1]

None. I don't pay for any streaming services.

[@nickfields]

Netflix youtube tv max youtube premium

[@33yoal]

I'm so glad our justice dept. is looking out for our own good and safety. I mean thank God we have secured borders and violent crime is basically non existent in our country thanks to senile and horseface v.p. in D.C....

[@pmpmpmpmpmpmpm]

these big companies should just close their cable channels and put it in a FAST channel (for ad revenue) and/or put it in a paid streaming service. unless you're airing sports, no one watches cable TV anymore.

[@markp1950]

Eventually look for more content from X. (old Twitter) Elon wins. Early now. But it is coming.

[@mkuhlman77]

Bally sports then whatever show is on a streaming service I wanna watch then I'll cancel.

[@brandonsmith1198]

Where is it question for you and it one I don’t even pay attention to the ads. I’m not an ad person.

[@GeminieCricket]

C O R “D” NOT CORE

[@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287]

0.

[@williambeck8330]

Cable companies could have done that years ago except for the greed

[@bigtye37]

T-Mobile ain't nothing it's the worst telephone service there is it would never be better than home internet no matter what you say

[@joelsheebs728]

MTV? Laughable...

[@annawarner5483]

I hate that all content us being hijacked and for which forces people to either subscribe or never see it again. It turns me off and I refuse to subscribe.

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Look at very large business models in the past 10 years - NONE of them wanted to be "profitable" that's actually a bad thing. Being "profitable" means they have to pay a lot to everyone who invested and/or in taxes. It's simple - find ways to spend any profits for the business - heck, waste money if you have to.